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The Yard:
Halloween Weekend
The Yard is digging up something devilishly good
this Halloween with a full weekend of graveyard
glamour. Friday’s The Funeral keeps the party alive
until midnight, before Saturday’s The Wake raises
the dead all over again. DJ Kardazier provides the
soundtrack, so grab your most wicked look and
prepare for two nights of spooky Soho mischief.
30 & 31 October
Nearest station: Piccadilly Circus
57 Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D 7PL
Boyband in the Buff starring Gareth Gates
Night of 1000 Club –
Dolly Parton
Don’t Tell Mama
Grab your Coat of Many Colours because
January might be chilly, but Don’t Tell Mama is
Betty & Joan’s is giving Dolly the full Night of
turning up the heat for its fabulous return to Bognor
1000 treatment! Sarah Jayne Crust’s Dolly
Regis. Three nights of pop, drag, comedy and
Parton Experience takes centre stage for a live
gloriously queer partying bring together Nadine
concert packed with country classics, alongside
Coyle, Bimini, La Voix, Divina De Campo, Jo
singalongs, photo ops and themed cocktails.
O’Meara, BEEFMINCE and plenty more. Add pool
Forget working 9 to 5, this is one Saturday night
parties, drag bingo and outrageous costumes and
made for rhinestones and big hair.
you’ve got one seriously camp escape.
17 October, 9pm–2am
29 January – 1 February 2027
Nearest station: Elephant & Castle
Nearest station: Bognor Regis
9 Hewson Way, Elephant Park,
Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis,
London SE17 1JS
West Sussex PO21 1JJ
Spookmince
Halloween Ball
Halloween is getting UNLOCKED as
BEEFMINCE takes Spookmince east for its
biggest Halloween party yet. A huge
underground warehouse becomes a playground
for bears, cubs and admirers, with DJs Jon Byrne,
Moto Blanco, Ross Jones and Silverhook, plus
BEEFMINCE GoGos, performers and plenty of
spooky surprises. Costumes are encouraged, so
come terrifying, hairy, barely dressed or all three.
List
31 October, 10pm–4am | Nearest station:
Old Street
UNLOCKED Shoreditch, 118 Curtain Road,
London EC2A 3PJ
Athena
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Athena is back at Eagle London with
Roma Trans Club
Halloween
another glorious celebration of all things
Roma Trans Club gets a wicked Halloween
’80s. DJs Paul Joseph and Gareth
makeover this October, bringing its famously
Hackney are joined by special guest
welcoming monthly party to Bunker Club. Created
Ian Wade, spinning an eclectic mix of
for trans women and admirers, with singles and
huge hits and forgotten gems from the
couples welcome, it’s a night for dressing up,
decade. Bring your mates, a date or fly
dancing, flirting and exploring. There’s no strict
solo for a friendly, inclusive night packed
dress code, but with Halloween in the air, this is
with pure ’80s joy.
definitely the night to make an entrance.
3 October, 9pm–4am
23 October, 10.30pm–4.30am | Nearest station:
Nearest station: Vauxhall
Old Street
The Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane,
Bunker Club, 215–221 City Road, London EC1V
London SE11 5QY
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